Obs. rare. [a. obs. F. tenasmon (15th c. in Godef.), f. med.L. tenasmus, TENESMUS, q.v.] = TENESMUS.
c. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc. 39. He shal fele … akyng, stirryng, and prikkyng, and tenasmon; þat is, appetite of egestion. Ibid., 71. Tenasmon is a sekeneȝ within þe lure þat makeþ þe pacient for to desire purgyng of his womb byneþ-forþ.
